The tide in the android adblocking game is shifting in favor of privacy.

More elaborate local net filtering it is! Oh the joy. After epiphany I shall have some time to tinker.

“blocking ads harms free content”

really? That tired argument. It is obviously NOT free if the cost is privacy rape. I HATE the promotion of android applications under the banner of free and the backhanded slap with adware flavor of malware. Editing the APK is generally as trivial as blocking net connections. A little more esoteric to deprive apps of reliable network state information. The Spirit of Mozilla applied to android..

Blocking ads does not harm ANY free content or free software. Blocking ads prevents one from being victimized by the heinously irrational defective business model syndrome.

Now I’ll get to produce a PDF flyer for distribution to “everyone” how to reclaim the privacy AdBlock Plus supposedly provides. oh goodie! Or maybe I’ll get to repackage the extension and distribute it. Yes, license complaints. How’d that work out for zottmann?

Yes, Johnny, words have particular meaning. Profound umbrige is taken against abuse of “free” as it is libelous against the thousands of f/OSS developers.

Giving away product and whining that no one purchased it? What is your definition for insanity?

Don’t want your content in the public sphere? Don’t place your content in the public sphere! How challenging is this? (genius not required)

Do Not track FARCE

until the evils of fine grained Geo IP Location are addressed one would be equally well served creating a do not track post-it note and affixing it to one’s monitor in the hopes of compliance. ISPs need offer privacy conscious users the option to have an IP address issued from a pool NOT related to where one resides/works/exists while surfing.

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